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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.05    Clay: 080%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MUD M QTZ 2,HVY.MINS 4,CLAY 80,VOLC.GLAS 2,GLAUC 1, PYR 2,CARB 3

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.93    Clay: 040%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SANDY MUD M QTZ 10,FEL 2,HVY.MINS 5,CLAY 40,VOLC.GLAS 2, GLAUC 2,PYR 3,Z
Name: EOL 3,CARB 10

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  DIATOM (08%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.98    Clay: 020%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MUD M FEL 2,MICA 1,HVY.MINS P/N HB,CLAY 81, VOLC.GLAS 2,PYR 1,CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (01%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   430       Sand: 040%   Sect:  2
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.93    Clay: 030%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SANDY MUD M QTZ 2,FEL 5/N PLAG,HVY.MINS 1/N HB,CLAY 55, VOLC.GLAS 1,GLAU
Name: C 2,PYR 10,CARB 20

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.95    Clay: 070%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MUD (PYRITIC) M QTZ 1,FEL 3,MICA 1,HVY.MINS 2/N HB,CLAY 72, VOLC.GLAS 1,
Name: GLAUC 1,PYR 8,CARB 10

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   840       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.34    Clay: 080%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MUD M FEL 2,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 80,VOLC.GLAS 1,GLAUC TR, CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.08    Clay: 085%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: GREEN SPOT OF MUD M QTZ TR,FEL 2,MICA TR,HVY.MINS 1/N HB,CLAY 90, VOLC.F
Name: RAGS 3,VOLC.GLAS 2,GLAUC 1,CARB 10

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.00    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD BUT SANDIER & SILTIER THAN DOM LITHM QTZ 8,HVY.MINS 3,CLAY 63,VOLC.G
Name: LAS 2,GLAUC 1, PYR 2,ZEOL 3,CARB 2

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
DIATOM (08%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (04%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.14    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):  1170       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    12.30    Silt: 050%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    13.47    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: TRANSITIONAL BIOGENIC SILIC MUD M QTZ 1,FEL 1,MICA TR,HVY.MINS TR/N HB,C
Name: LAY 80, VOLC.FRAGS 1,VOLC.GLAS 1,GLAUC 1,PYR 2,CARB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   380       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    12.30    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    15.68    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY SILT MUD M QTZ 50,FEL 5,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 35,VOLC 1/N CLAST, GLAUC

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
 (R %);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    21.90    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    23.15    Clay: 060%

Name: SILT-CLAY M QTZ 30,FEL 2,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 55,GLAUC 1, PYR 2

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 060%   Sect: CC
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    21.90    Silt: 030%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    25.83    Clay: 010%

Name: CARBONATE BRECCIA W/TUFFACEOUS CLASTS M QTZ 10,FEL 5,CLAY 10,GLAUC TR,PY
Name: R 5,CARB 70/N DOLO XRD




Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   460       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    31.40    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    32.72    Clay:





Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    50.80    Silt:
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    51.05    Clay:

Name: SERPENTIMIT M HVY.MINS TR,SERP 99




Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    50.80    Silt:
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    51.40    Clay:

Name: SERPENTINITE (CRUSHED BY CORING) R CORING GRANULIZED OR CRUSHED SERPENTI
Name: NITE




Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566   Top Core Depth(m):    52.80    Silt: 016%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :    53.20    Clay: 079%

Name: MUD M QTZ 1,FEL 2,CLAY 79,GLAUC TR,PYR 1,CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (05%);

Introduction


Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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